Chennai panchang, 5 July 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 04:54 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:02
- 16:39 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:38 to 05:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:06 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 03:48 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:39, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:39 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:48 – 07:24 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:19 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:06 – 05:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:27 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:48 – 07:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:24 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:24 – 05:48 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:26 Taurus
- 04:26 – 06:38 Gemini
- 06:38 – 08:47 Cancer
- 08:47 – 10:50 Leo
- 10:50 – 12:52 Virgo
- 12:52 – 14:58 Libra
- 14:58 – 17:10 Scorpio
- 17:10 – 19:17 Sagittarius
- 19:17 – 21:11 Capricorn
- 21:11 – 22:52 Aquarius
- 22:52 – 00:32 next day Pisces
- 00:32 – 02:20 next day Aries
- 02:20 – 04:22 next day Taurus
- 04:22 – 05:48 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method